Austrian reporter refused Azeri visa over visiting Artsakh

Austrian reporter refused Azeri visa over visiting Artsakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - Reporter Jutta Bauer, who was accompanying Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz during his visit to the South Caucasus, was refused an entry visa to Azerbaijan over visiting Nagorno Karabakh.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Die Presse newspaper correspondent Jutta Bauer visited Karabakh “without Azerbaijan’s consent” in 2011 and was therefore blacklisted.

The issue was not settled even after the personal interference of Mr. Kurz, who is expected to discuss the incident in the context of freedom of speech violations in Azerbaijan.

In August 2013, Azeri Foreign Ministry published the notorious blacklist, which includes Slovak politician Frantişek Mikloşko, Argentinean parliamentarian Jose Arbo, Russian expert Andrey Areshev, Baroness Caroline Cox, opera star Montserrat Caballé and many other famous personalities.

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